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Episode 102 - Bruce Nisbet, LMSW: Health Homes: A Virtual Home of Care Coordination for Medicaid Enrollees with Chronic Conditions
Episode 275 - Victoria Grinman: Exploring the Possibilities and Opportunities for Post-Traumatic Growth Among Parents of Children with Autism
Interviewer: Kathleen Knaak, PhD, LMSW
Monday, November 18, 2019, 7:57:53 AM
In this episode, our guest Victoria Grinman describes the history, logistics, and aspects of post-traumatic growth, and the difference between post-traumatic growth and resilience. She discusses her research involving post-traumatic growth experiences among parents of young adult children with autism, and emphasizes the importance of training practitioners to identify the signs to post-traumatic growth as well as consider relational aspects in order to treat the family and child more holistically.
- Episode 275 - Victoria Grinman
Episode 269 - Dr. Judith Herman: Issues and Perspectives on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care in the Age of the #MeToo Movement
Interviewer: Mickey Sperlich, PhD
Monday, August 26, 2019, 9:33:26 AM
In this episode, Dr. Judith Herman discusses research on justice from the perspective of trauma survivors, how this is related to the #MeToo movement, and why individuals who are victims of abuse choose to speak out. She considers the progress and relevance of changes within DSM-5 PTSD diagnostic criteria, how chronic shame is related to dissociation and PTSD, and the consequences of forming an insecure attachment. The episode concludes by providing examples on how resilience can be built through community-based interventions and lead to more secure attachments.
- Episode 269 - Dr. Judith Herman
Episode 267 - Dr. Robert T. Muller: Working with Trauma Survivors: Therapeutic Approaches and Strategies for Promoting Posttraumatic Growth
Interviewer: Caitlin Beck
Monday, July 01, 2019, 9:30:21 AM
In this podcast, our guest Dr. Robert T. Muller describes his clinical work with individuals who have experienced trauma. He discusses why trauma survivors engage in avoidance within close relationships, why they use specific coping strategies, and challenges that can occur in psychotherapy. Using case examples, Dr. Muller illustrates several therapeutic approaches, techniques, and strategies that can be beneficial in work with trauma survivors and in promoting posttraumatic growth. He also compares his perspective to other forms of trauma work.
- Episode 267 - Dr. Robert T. Muller
Episode 265 - Dr. Lorinda Parks and Dr. Robert Keefe: Using ‘Centering Pregnancy’ to Address Postpartum Depression
Interviewer: Rebecca S. Rouland, PhD, LMSW
Monday, June 03, 2019, 9:04:21 AM
In this episode, our guests Dr. Lorinda F. Parks and Dr. Robert H. Keefe describe ‘Centering Pregnancy’ and how this multi-faceted group-based care model can be particularly beneficial when working with at-risk populations. The forms and symptoms of postpartum depression along with the relationship between postpartum depression and societal costs are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the social work profession’s role in establishing and maintaining interventions and supports within low-income communities, particularly with new mothers of color.
- Episode 265 - Dr. Lorinda Parks and Dr. Robert Keefe
Episode 260 - Dr. Alan Delmerico: Geospatial Analysis: "Where" Matters
Interviewer: Robert Keefe, PhD
Monday, March 25, 2019, 9:50:20 AM
In this episode, our guest Dr. Alan Delmerico - a health geographer and economist, describes how he is gathering data and using it to help researchers and practitioners account for the interaction between people and their geospatial contexts (social workers: think person in environment). He discusses how these interactions shape outcomes and help inform interventions that assist in promoting improved healthcare promotion, accessibility, and prevention efforts.
- Episode 260 - Dr. Alan Delmerico
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Episode 257 - Jodie Bargeron: Childhood and Mid-Life Antecedents of Adult Self-Neglect
Interviewer: Ting Lee, MS
Monday, February 11, 2019, 9:16:22 AM
In this podcast, our guest Jodie Bargeron describes progressive frameworks that have shaped self-neglect (SN) research - specifically, whether SN is an old age phenomenon or life course issue, and the difference between intentional versus unintentional SN. She discusses her research pertaining to whether Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), intrusive parenting, and/or self-control are related to SN among both elderly and non-elderly adults. The episode concludes by stressing the need for social workers to treat SN from a life course perspective, and to consider the use attachment-based therapy to adequately address these behaviors and avoid adverse consequences.
- Episode 257 - Jodie Bargeron
Episode 254 - Dr. Christopher Larrison: How the Use of Apps Helps People with Mental Illness Forge Relationships and Develop Social Networks
Interviewer: Robert Keefe, PhD
Monday, December 31, 2018, 7:41:08 AM
In this episode, our guest Dr. Christopher Larrison describes his work utilizing smartphone technology to help people with mental illness connect, build relationships, and develop supportive networks. He discusses what he is learning about how smartphones can be used as a conduit to reduce clients' isolation and increase their access to useful information about themselves and their condition.
- Episode 254 - Dr. Christopher Larrison
Episode 249 - Dr. Louanne Bakk: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cost-Related Nonadherence and Medicare Part D
Interviewer: Jacqueline McGinley, PhD, LMSW
Monday, October 08, 2018, 7:51:41 AM
In this episode, our guest Dr. Louanne Bakk discusses her research examining how the enactment of Medicare Part D changed the lives of recipients. While the benefit assisted some, the costs borne by low-income participants appears to have fostered cost-related nonadherence with prescription medication use, which appears linked to racial and ethnic disparities.
- Episode 249 - Dr. Louanne Bakk
Episode 242 - Dr. Jessica Strong: Female Service Members at War: Unique Experiences of Deployment and Reintegration
Interviewer: Lisa Butler, PhD
Monday, June 18, 2018, 7:51:08 AM
In this episode, our guest Dr. Jessica Strong describes why having a clear understanding of the unique experiences of women's combat deployment and other military experiences can inform social work practice, policy, and advocacy efforts. Our guest discusses how gender serves as a powerful context for how women talk about their combat experience, for exacerbating an already stressful experience, and for informing women's reintegration following deployment.
- Episode 242 - Dr. Jessica Strong
Episode 236 - Dr. Tasha Ford: Emotional Eaters and Cultural Competency: A Collaborative Practice (part 2 of 2)
Interviewer: Carissa Uschold, LCSW
Monday, March 26, 2018, 8:03:55 AM
In the second of a two-part podcast, our guest Dr. Tasha Ford continues her discussion about emotional eating. She focuses on conceptual frameworks and strategies to assist clients to change their eating behavior. Dr. Ford describes the role of social work education, multidisciplinary approaches, mindfulness, and grassroots activities in addressing the individual and sociocultural impacts on emotional eating and behavior change.
- Episode 236 - Dr. Tasha Ford
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Episode 234 - Dr. Tasha Ford: Emotional Eaters and Cultural Competency: A Collaborative Practice (part 1 of 2)
Interviewer: Carissa Uschold, LCSW
Monday, February 26, 2018, 9:21:36 AM
In the first of a two-part podcast, our guest Dr. Tasha Ford describes her work with clients who engage in emotional eating. Dr. Ford defines the behavior and describes the unique relationship that some people develop with food. She explores the role of socialization and culture in the development of emotional eating and the personal narratives clients develop about their relationship with food.
- Episode 234 - Dr. Tasha Ford
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Episode 225 - Dr. Joy Learman: Gender-Based Violence and HIV Infection: Experiences of HIV-Positive African Immigrant Women
Interviewer: Eusebius Small, PhD
Monday, October 09, 2017, 7:43:57 AM
In this episode, our guest Dr. Joy Learman describes the underlying dynamics that can increase a woman's risk of being HIV-positive and failing to obtain treatment. She discusses her research involving contextual factors and personal experiences of HIV-positive African immigrant women. Dr. Learman emphasizes the need for support for at-risk groups and the development of policies that promote women's reproductive health and decrease their risk of HIV.
- Episode 225 - Dr. Joy Learman
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Episode 221 - Dr. Jennifer Cullen and Dr. Jolynn Haney: Understanding and Treating Autism in Women: Using Lived Experiences to Shape Practice
Interviewer: Gretchen Bennett, MA
Monday, August 14, 2017, 7:28:52 AM
In this episode, our guests Dr. Jennifer Cullen and Dr. Jolynn Haney discuss gender differences in the diagnosis and treatment of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the reasons why obtaining an accurate diagnosis may be difficult for females. They describe their research involving the socialization process of women diagnosed with ASD within an online community and how social workers can more effectively assist these individuals.
- Episode 221 - Dr. Jennifer Cullen and Dr. Jolynn Haney
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Episode 219 - Beth Kanter: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Creating a Self-Care Culture Within the Workplace
Interviewer: Nancy Smyth, PhD
Monday, July 03, 2017, 7:31:02 AM
In this episode, Beth Kanter, author of "The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit," offers strategies to help both individuals and nonprofit organizations obtain impact without burnout and create a culture of self-care within the workplace. She discusses creative techniques to promote organizational changes that are designed to advance employees' well-being.
- Episode 219 - Beth Kanter
Episode 217 - Kimberly Washington: Therapeutic Patient Navigation: Filling the Gaps for Clients with Neurodegenerative Disorders
Interviewer: Louanne Bakk, PhD
Monday, June 05, 2017, 9:26:00 AM
In this episode, our guest Kimberly Washington of the St. Jude's Project at Catholic Charities in Washington, D.C. discusses her "Therapeutic Patient Navigation" community-based project. She describes how this evidence-based intervention was developed to fill the gaps in services that support patients with Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's diseases.
- Episode 217 - Kimberly Washington
Episode 205 - Dr. Joseph Richardson and Dr. Christopher St. Vil: Who Shot Ya?: A Novel Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program
Interviewer: Steven Schwartz
Monday, December 05, 2016, 8:13:44 AM
In this episode, Dr. Joseph Richardson and Dr. Christopher St. Vil discuss their use of a longitudinal, ethnographic study of young Black men admitted to the hospital for treatment of violent injury to inform development of a hospital-based violence intervention program. They also report on research that they have conducted to better understand nonfatal use of force by police. From the findings of these two studies, they offer specific recommendations that have implications for programs as well as policy.
- Episode 205 - Dr. Joseph Richardson and Dr. Christopher St. Vil
Episode 194 - Dr. David Brennan: Online Sexual Health Outreach for Gay and Bisexual Men: Providers' Perspectives
Interviewer: Steven Halady, PhD
Monday, June 20, 2016, 7:40:40 AM
In this podcast, Dr. David Brennan talks about his work in the development and evaluation of online outreach to address issues of gay and bisexual men’s health. To highlight this work, Dr. Brennan describes CRUISElab, a research lab focused on gay and bisexual men's health. He also talks about the "Cruising Counts" study, which has been essential in developing new guidelines for online health outreach to gay men in Ontario.
- Episode 194 - Dr. David Brennan
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Episode 190 - Dr. Geoffrey Greif and Dr. Michael Woolley: Adult Sibling Relationships
Interviewer: Jacqueline McGinley
Monday, April 25, 2016, 8:18:05 AM
When addressing the topic of family therapy, the focus is generally on children or adolescents and their parents, or the marital/partner dyad. This podcast, however, looks at a different family system: adult siblings. These relationships are generally the longest relationships we have, but little is known about them. In this episode, Drs. Geoffrey Greif and Michael Woolley discuss their research on and clinical implications for adult sibling relationships.
- Episode 190 - Dr. Geoffrey Greif and Dr. Michael Woolley
Episode 188 - Dr. Rebecca Mirick: "I Think I Want to Die...": Training Practitioners to Work with People Considering Suicide
Interviewer: Carissa Uschold, LCSW-R
Monday, March 28, 2016, 7:54:53 AM
The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year. Social workers often find themselves working in settings where suicide and parasuicidal behavior are of ongoing and significant concern and, therefore, are in need of specialized skills to address these potentially life-threatening situations. So, does social work education provide social workers with the resources needed to feel confident in addressing suicidal intentions? Have the response protocols in agencies that train and employ social workers kept pace with advances in dealing with suicidal behavior? In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Mirick shares her work developing a suicide intervention training program and the follow-up research she conducted to determine its impact on knowledge and confidence of those receiving the training.
- Episode 188 - Dr. Rebecca Mirick
Episode 180 - Dr. Howard Lipke: HEArt for Veterans: Identifying the Hidden Emotion
Interviewer: Nancy Smyth, PhD, LCSW
Monday, November 23, 2015, 9:43:15 AM
In this episode, Dr. Howard Lipke describes what he calls the Hidden Emotion Articulation (HEArt) Program, a contrast to traditional anger management programs. This approach, developed especially for the unique needs of veterans, helps clients identify the hidden emotion that lies beneath their feelings. Dr. Lipke contends that identifying the hidden emotion can help vets understand and prepare for sensitive situations in which they may be triggered into anger (and, for many vets, rage).
- Episode 180 - Dr. Howard Lipke
Episode 169 - Kathrine Bisanz: Social Workers for Reproductive Justice
Interviewer: Gretchen Ely, PhD
Monday, June 08, 2015, 7:23:43 AM
Reproductive justice is a framework grounded in international human rights that seeks to increase social, political, and economic power and resources so that people can make healthy decisions about gender, sexuality, and families for themselves and their communities. In this episode, Katherine Bisanz, co-founder of Social Workers for Reproductive Justice, describes the organization's mission and the role of social work in this movement.
- Episode 169 - Kathrine Bisanz
Episode 154 - Dr. Toba Kerson and Dr. Judith McCoyd: In Response to Need: An Analysis of Social Work Roles Over Time
Interviewer: Laura Lewis, PhD
Monday, October 27, 2014, 11:08:03 AM
In this episode, based on a research article published in the journal Social Work in 2013, Drs. Toba Kerson and Judith McCoyd discuss their latest work re-examining interviews conducted in 1976 with the pioneers of health-related social work. They compare those with themes they identified with current workers in the healthcare field and describe how the distinctive way that social workers respond to needs remains consistent with our core values and skill set.
- Episode 154 - Dr. Toba Kerson and Dr. Judith McCoyd
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Episode 148 - Dr. Erin Kelly: Workplace Violence and Staff Well-Being: Everyday Hassles and Acute Crises
Interviewer: Steven Schwartz
Monday, August 04, 2014, 8:16:42 AM
While working at an inpatient psychiatric facility early in her career, Dr. Erin Kelly became interested in workplace violence, struck by the tension of maintaining staff and patient safety. She also developed an appreciation of the importance of building relationships with patients and other staff in such a challenging environment. In this episode, Dr. Kelly discusses her research on the impact of workplace violence on staff at a large psychiatric hospital. Dr. Kelly suggests a number of strategies to ameliorate staff conflict as one method of reducing staff-patient conflict. She also makes suggestions for the individual clinicians working in settings with elevated levels of conflict.
- Episode 148 - Dr. Erin Kelly
Episode 145 - Jorien Brock and Siobhan Fitzgerald-Cushing: Meeting the Health Needs of Transgender People
Interviewer: Steven Halady, PhD
Monday, June 09, 2014, 9:31:38 AM
According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, people who identify as transgender are estimated to comprise between one quarter and one percent of the U.S. population. Often targeted for overt discrimination, a transgender person may, rightly, feel the need to protect themselves from the intolerant or rejecting responses they are subjected to. However, the need to be open and engaged is critical to ensure appropriate health care. In this episode, members of the Pride Center of Western New York discuss how the Center's Transgender Health Initiative meets the health care needs of transgender people.
- Episode 145 - Jorien Brock and Siobhan Fitzgerald-Cushing
Episode 141 - Tara Hughes: Disaster Mental Health: An Emerging Social Work Practice
Interviewer: Steven Schwartz
Monday, April 14, 2014, 8:00:00 AM
Tornados, floods, bombings, transportation accidents, and mass casualty scenarios, whether natural or human-caused, are examples of extreme events that confront us. Tara Hughes is a mass casualty subject matter expert and one of two New York State disaster mental health advisors. In this episode, Ms. Hughes identifies the domains of disaster survival response and describes the process of employing psychological first aid in the disaster scenario.
- Episode 141 - Tara Hughes
Episode 139 - Dr. Robert Keefe and Dr. Barbara Rittner: The Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5): A Conversation
Monday, March 17, 2014, 9:01:22 AM
In this episode, Dr. Robert Keefe and Dr. Barbara Rittner engage in a conversation about the recently released DSM-5. Their discussion reviews many of the important changes to the manual. They also discuss several of the challenges and concerns identified with this edition.
- Episode 139 - Dr. Robert Keefe and Dr. Barbara Rittner
Episode 134 - Dr. Kelli Canada: The Role of Caseworker-Client Relationships Within Mental Health Courts
Interviewer: Charles Syms, LCSW
Monday, January 06, 2014, 8:07:51 AM
In this episode, Dr. Kelli Canada discusses her research on the perceived relationship between mental health court participants and their caseworkers, and its effect on outcomes.
- Episode 134 - Dr. Kelli Canada
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Episode 131 - Dr. Toni Miles: Health Care Policy: Medicaid Expansion and the Affordable Care Act
Interviewer: Nancy Kusmaul, LMSW, PhD
Monday, November 11, 2013, 8:20:55 AM
Created in 1965, Medicaid, a form of health insurance, was developed to address the health care needs of low-income families as well as individuals who had a disability, were blind, or were aged. Recently, Medicaid is undergoing change. With the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid offers the opportunity for expanding eligibility. In this episode, Dr. Toni P. Miles discusses health care policy, Medicaid expansion, and the Affordable Care Act.
- Episode 131 - Dr. Toni Miles
Episode 124 - Amanda Hunsaker: Advances in Dementia Diagnostic Technology: Preparing Social Work for a Changing Practice
Interviewer: Rachel Rotach, MSW
Monday, August 05, 2013, 9:25:28 AM
In this episode, Amanda Hunsaker discusses the current landscape related to the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and how advances in diagnostic technology associated with dementia will provide the potential for new insights in the care of these patients. Challenges and opportunities for social work practice are reviewed.
- Episode 124 - Amanda Hunsaker
Episode 123 - Christine Scott: Shadow Grief: Perinatal Loss and Bereavement
Interviewer: Rebecca S. Rouland Polmanteer, MSW
Monday, July 08, 2013, 9:24:17 AM
In this episode, Christine Scott defines perinatal loss and discusses the impact of perinatal bereavement on the parents and family. Using her personal experience with this type loss as a backdrop, Ms. Scott describes the effect of perinatal bereavement on the individual and family, and offers suggestions for the social work response at all three levels of practice.
- Episode 123 - Christine Scott
Episode 122 - Bonnie Fader Wilkenfeld, Dr. Kenneth Robey, and Eileen Murray: Impact of the Arts on Identity Structures of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Interviewer: John Keesler, LMSW, PhD Student
Monday, June 24, 2013, 9:08:54 AM
In this episode, our guests discuss their study of the quality of life of persons with developmental disabilities, whose ability to engage in self-actualizing and fulfilling experiences is often limited by conventional perceptions held by service providers and caregivers. Specifically, our guests discuss their work examining the link between a facilitated arts program and the participants' sense of self.
- Episode 122 - Bonnie Fader Wilkenfeld, Dr. Kenneth Robey, and Eileen Murray
Episode 121 - Dr. Christina Sogar: Beyond Diagnosis: The Dynamics of Disability and Disruptions in Parenting
Interviewer: Kathleen A. Knaak, LMSW
Monday, June 10, 2013, 9:18:57 AM
It has been suggested that there are between 4.1 and 9 million parents who have a disability. In this episode, Dr. Christina Sogar discusses how characteristics of disability (e.g., onset and symptom variability) impact and shape the parenting process and can increase the likelihood of child welfare involvement.
- Episode 121 - Dr. Christina Sogar
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Episode 119 - Dr. Dona Reese: "A Friendly Face:" Addressing Barriers to Hospice Care for African American Clients by Hiring African American Social Workers
Interviewer: Adjoa Robinson, PhD, MSW
Monday, May 13, 2013, 8:59:13 AM
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization reported that in 2011 over a million and a half people utilized hospice services in the United States. In this podcast, Dr. Dona Reese talks about the lack of utilization of hospice care by African American patients. This includes identifying variables that influence African American hospice use. One of those barriers is the almost complete absence of African American staff or volunteers in hospices across the nation. Dr. Reese describes a field placement and community intervention project that was a successful first step in accomplishing the goal of increasing African American staff. Additionally, she offers her thoughts on what must be done to expand the number of African American social work professionals in hospice settings.
- Episode 119 - Dr. Dona Reese
Episode 118 - Dr. Jonathan Singer: The Use of Creative Arts as a Community-Based Suicide Prevention Effort
Interviewer: Laura Lewis, PhD, LCSW, ACSW
Monday, April 29, 2013, 9:02:50 AM
In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Singer describes his work drawing on the creative arts that by its nature is a community-based effort at preventing suicide. He argues that traditional prevention efforts, while effective at addressing the stigma associated with suicide on a person-at-a-time basis, do little to address the larger public stigma that is so prevalent and alienating for this population.
- Episode 118 - Dr. Jonathan Singer
Episode 114 - Dr. Alexa Smith-Osborne and Dr. Jayshree Jani: 'Cyber-Marriage': Wartime Military Relationships and Partners' Perceptions of the Impact of Telecommunications
Interviewer: Lisa Butler, PhD
Monday, March 04, 2013, 8:23:30 AM
In this episode, Drs. Alexa Smith-Osborne and Jayshree Jani discuss their work studying the impact of technological advances in communications on relationships experiencing separation related to military deployment. Focusing on the perspective of the female partners, our guests contrast the experiences of the target population with those of civilian women in long-distance relationships. Protective factors as well as risk factors of the multiple modes of communication are explored.
- Episode 114 - Dr. Alexa Smith-Osborne and Dr. Jayshree Jani
Episode 113 - Dr. Barbara Jones: Adolescent Cancer Survivors: Identity Paradox and the Need to Belong
Interviewer: Anthony Guzman, MISM, MNCM
Monday, February 18, 2013, 8:54:38 AM
In this episode, Dr. Barbara Jones discusses the developmental and psychosocial effects of cancer on adolescents and young adults. Dr. Jones speaks to the need to understand the unique needs of the adolescent and young adult. She also explains how these unique needs can complicate the continuum of care as well as important developmental processes. Further, Dr. Jones suggests strategies of intervention to consider when working with this population.
- Episode 113 - Dr. Barbara Jones
Episode 112 - Dr. Sandra Butler: Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Home Care Workers and Factors Affecting Turnover and Retention
Interviewer: Diane Elze, Ph.D.
Monday, February 04, 2013, 9:09:15 AM
In this episode, Dr. Sandra Butler discusses her work and findings with the Maine Home Healthcare Retention Study. Putting a human face on "the centerpiece of our long-term care system," Dr. Butler describes the predictors of turnover and retention and how the workers themselves describe their jobs. She tells us what she has learned about why these workers stay and why significant numbers of them leave their positions.
- Episode 112 - Dr. Sandra Butler
Episode 109 - Dr. Luke Shaefer: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps) and the Material Well-Being of Low-Income Families with Children
Interviewer: Charles Syms, LCSW
Monday, December 10, 2012, 9:02:00 AM
In this episode, Dr. Luke Shaefer discusses the effects of the U.S.'s largest means-tested income support program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. Recent breakthroughs in research methods have allowed us to better measure these effects, and results suggest that SNAP improves food security among participant households as well as non-food material well-being.
- Episode 109 - Dr. Luke Shaefer
Episode 108 - Dr. John Brekke, Anthony Fulginiti, and Rohini Pahwa: "For Them, With Them, By Them": A Peer Health Navigator Intervention for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Interviewer: Anthony Guzman, MISM, MNCM
Monday, November 26, 2012, 8:43:51 AM
In this episode, Dr. John Brekke, Anthony Fulginiti, and Rohini Pahwa discuss their research with a Peer Health Navigator Intervention aimed at improving the health of persons with serious mental illness. Describing the intervention as a comprehensive engagement and self-management approach, our guests highlight what makes the intervention unique, recent findings from its application, and its benefits for the Peer Navigators as well.
- Episode 108 - Dr. John Brekke, Anthony Fulginiti, and Rohini Pahwa
Episode 107 - Dr. Allan Barsky: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making
Interviewer: Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
Monday, November 12, 2012, 8:06:53 AM
In this episode, Dr. Allan Barsky focuses on ethical issues in end-of-life decision making. In order to assist clients and families with end-of-life choices, Dr. Barsky argues that social workers need to be aware of ethical issues that may arise in relation to self-determination, informed consent, mental capacity, and principles such as the sanctity of life, client autonomy, and judicious management of resources. He discusses a model for engaging clients, family members, and co-professionals in discussions and problem-solving processes when conflict about end-of-life decision making arises.
- Episode 107 - Dr. Allan Barsky
Episode 104 - Dr. Rachel Fusco: Developmental and Mental Health Screening in Child Welfare: Implications for Young Children in Rural Settings
Interviewer: Rebecca S.R. Polmanteer, MSW
Monday, October 01, 2012, 9:12:04 AM
In this episode, Dr. Rachel Fusco describes her work with Universal Screening that involves an examination of the developmental and mental health needs of young children involved in the child welfare system. After sharing what she is learning from this research, she discusses the implications for child welfare-involved children and families in rural communities.
- Episode 104 - Dr. Rachel Fusco
Episode 99 - Dr. Shelley Craig and Dr. Barbara Muskat: "Bouncers and Jugglers and Firefighters ... Oh My!": A Qualitative Investigation of Social Work Roles in Health
Interviewer: Joan Doris, DSW
Monday, June 25, 2012, 7:33:45 AM
In this episode, Drs. Craig and Muskat discuss their qualitative study of social work roles in hospital settings. Seven major roles emerged from their analysis: bouncer, juggler, janitor, broker, firefighter, glue, and challenger. Drs. Craig and Muskat draw attention to the importance of understanding and articulating the value added by professionally trained social workers toward understanding and addressing the social determinants of health.
- Episode 99 - Dr. Shelley Craig and Dr. Barbara Muskat
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Episode 98 - Professor Susan Green and Dr. Thomas Nochajski: The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (ITTIC)
Monday, June 11, 2012, 9:46:49 AM
In this episode, UB School of Social Work faculty members and co-directors Susan Green and Thomas Nochajski introduce the new Institute for Trauma and Trauma Informed Care. They describe the series of events and experiences that led to the development of the Institute and how the needs of the service delivery systems in the Buffalo area led to the development of, and continue to inform, the Institute's mission. Current activity and future plans are discussed.
- Episode 98 - Professor Susan Green and Dr. Thomas Nochajski
Episode 96 - Dr. Amy Watson and Brian Kelly: Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: Preliminary Outcomes and the Role of Environmental Influences
Interviewer: Patricia Logan-Greene, PhD, MSSW
Monday, May 14, 2012, 9:42:29 AM
In this episode, Dr. Amy Watson and Brian Kelly discuss their research into Forensic Assertive Community Treatment, an adaptation of traditional ACT that attempts to explore the unique challenges faced by previously incarcerated persons with mental illness as they re-enter communities. Dr. Watson and Mr. Kelly interpret their findings and advocate for a broader response beyond focus on this population's mental illness to an appreciation for environmental factors (such as housing) in the population's attempts to avoid recidivism and experience success in the community.
- Episode 96 - Dr. Amy Watson and Brian Kelly
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Episode 95 - Dr. Janis Whitlock: The Cutting Edge: Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults
Interviewer: Rebecca Eliseo-Arras, MSW
Monday, April 30, 2012, 9:29:35 AM
In this episode, Dr. Janis Whitlock discusses the disturbing phenomenon of self-injurious behavior among adolescents and young adults. Dr. Whitlock discusses the causes, prevalence, and risk factors of self-injurious behavior and explains its active though maladaptive coping dimension as well as the challenge of finding effective treatment.
- Episode 95 - Dr. Janis Whitlock
Episode 86 - Dr. Nicole Ruggiano: Doing It Their Way: Consumer-Directed Long-Term Care
Interviewer: Adjoa Robinson, PhD, MSW
Monday, December 12, 2011, 9:02:12 AM
In this episode, Dr. Nicole Ruggiano discusses a client-driven and self-directed approach to consumers' long term health care, providing an alternative to traditional, agency-provided and managed care. She describes the positive outcomes related to the consumer-directed model and anticipates the barriers and costs in embracing the approach.
- Episode 86 - Dr. Nicole Ruggiano
Episode 75 - Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot: Parents with Disabilities and the Child Welfare System
Interviewer: Savra Frounfelker, MSW
Monday, July 11, 2011, 9:01:30 AM
Child welfare has a strong crossover with the disability field, yet there has been little critical examination of child welfare services through a disability lens and no substantial examination of how its policies and programs affect people with disabilities and their family members. In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot discusses her research on the impact of child welfare policies on parents with disabilities.
- Episode 75 - Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot
Episode 71 - Katherine Montgomery: Individual and Relational Factors Associated with Delinquency Among Throwaway Adolescents
Interviewer: Charles Syms, MSW
Monday, May 16, 2011, 9:08:56 AM
In this episode, Katherine Montgomery, MSSW and doctoral student, reports on the findings and implications of her recent study on domain-specific factors that distinguish "throwaway youth" from delinquent youth. Ms. Montgomery also describes how understanding specific individual and relational factors may inform more individualized, evidence-based treatment planning among this unique population of adolescents.
- Episode 71 - Katherine Montgomery
Episode 62 - Dr. Jay Wolfson: Head, Heart, and Hope: The Complex Challenges of Decision-Making at End of Life
Interviewer: Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
Monday, January 10, 2011, 9:46:33 AM
In this episode, Dr. Jay Wolfson discusses his experience and reflections serving as guardian ad litem for Terri Schiavo, the young woman whose case captured the nation's attention in 2003. Dr. Wolfson describes the clinical, political, and legal issues he encountered and the complex drama between the head (science) and the heart (hope) present as families and professionals make critical decisions that affect the life (and death) of others.
- Episode 62 - Dr. Jay Wolfson
Episode 60 - Alankaar Sharma: Tuskegee and the Negro Project: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Public Health (part 2 of 2)
Interviewer: Adjoa Robinson, PhD, MSW
Monday, November 29, 2010, 8:33:52 AM
This is the second of two episodes in which Alankaar Sharma discusses his work comparing and contrasting the well-known Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments and the lesser known Negro Project, both intended to further knowledge related to prevention and reducing the extent of sexually transmitted disease in African-American men. Here, Mr. Sharma concludes his discussion by attempting to answer the question, "Why the immense difference in support and time between the two studies?" He concludes with comments about African-American access to health care services today, and "post-racial" America.
- Episode 60 - Alankaar Sharma
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Episode 59 - Dr. Gail Steketee: Too Much Stuff: Understanding and Treating Compulsive Hoarding
Interviewer: Kathryn Kendall, LCSW
Monday, November 15, 2010, 9:02:52 AM
In this episode, Dr. Gail Steketee, Professor and Dean of the School of Social Work at Boston University, discusses compulsive hoarding behavior. In addition to her scholarly work, Dr. Steketee has co-authored an accessible monograph about hoarding and hoarders in a way that will have us thinking about the "stuff" of our own lives.
- Episode 59 - Dr. Gail Steketee
Episode 58 - Alankaar Sharma: Tuskegee and the Negro Project: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Public Health (part 1 of 2)
Interviewer: Adjoa Robinson, PhD, MSW
Monday, November 01, 2010, 11:22:31 AM
From Tuskegee to current revelations of U.S. experiments in Guatemala in the 1940's, public health research and interventions have been impacted by intersections with race and gender. This is the first of two episodes in which Alankaar Sharma discusses his work comparing and contrasting the well-known Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments and the lesser known Negro Project, both intended to further knowledge related to prevention and reducing the extent of sexually transmitted disease in African-American men. Here, he describes the historical context of the studies and how stereotypical and dominant narratives of Black men influenced the research.
- Episode 58 - Alankaar Sharma
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Episode 57 - Dr. Robert Milch and Dr. Donald Shedd: Good Outcomes at the End of Life: The History of Hospice Buffalo
Interviewer: Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
Monday, October 18, 2010, 10:56:06 AM
Drs. Robert Milch and Donald Shedd have been leaders in the hospice movement since its early days. In this episode, they discuss the history of hospice and hospice in Buffalo, NY, the challenges of the early days of hospice, changes in hospice care over the years, and what they see as the future of hospice and palliative care.
- Episode 57 - Dr. Robert Milch and Dr. Donald Shedd
Episode 52 - Dr. John Bricout: Technology as a Social Force in Assisting Persons with Disabilities' Employment and Community Participation
Interviewer: Barbara Rittner, PhD, MSW
Monday, August 09, 2010, 8:55:15 AM
In this episode, Dr. John Bricout discusses his work and the powerful impact he believes that technology is having on persons with a disability. He describes the implications for social work practice, persons with disabilities, and the communities we live in, and the potential for change in how we construct meaning around what constitutes being "normal."
- Episode 52 - Dr. John Bricout
Episode 51 - Dr. Jean Kutner: The Evolution of Evidence-Based Practice in Hospice
Interviewer: Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:06:34 AM
In this episode, Dr. Jean Kutner discusses the history and role of evidence-based practice in hospice care, changes in hospice care, and barriers and facilitators to building an evidence base.
- Episode 51 - Dr. Jean Kutner
Episode 48 - Robert Whitaker: Rethinking Psychiatric Care: If We Follow the Scientific Evidence, What Must We Do to Better Promote Long-term Recovery?
Interviewer: Amy R. Manning, LMSW, PhD Candidate
Monday, June 14, 2010, 8:08:28 AM
In this episode, author and journalist Robert Whitaker discusses what he has discovered through study of the evidence that is utilized to guide the treatment of psychiatric illness. With a critical eye, he describes the paradoxes in the conventional wisdom and practice in this field and how faithfully "following the evidence" would transform care for the drug-based treatment of mental illness.
- Episode 48 - Robert Whitaker
Episode 46 - Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa: Developing Mental Health Literacy Tools for the Latino Community
Interviewer: Adjoa Robinson, PhD, MSW
Monday, May 17, 2010, 9:48:18 AM
In this episode, Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa discusses his research and development of culturally competent interventions for Latinos experiencing mental health issues. He describes his motivation to work with the Latino community and the social work practice implications in developing mental health literacy tools for them.
- Episode 46 - Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa
Episode 45 - Dr. Sharon Bowland: Strength and Struggle: Spirituality and Recovery From Interpersonal Trauma (part 2 of 2)
Interviewer: Elaine Rinfrette, PhD, LCSW-R
Monday, May 03, 2010, 9:38:34 AM
This is the second of two episodes on spiritually and older women survivors of interpersonal trauma. Dr. Bowland discusses emergent themes such as forgiveness, isolation, and strength in the midst of struggle. Dr. Bowland also notes the utility of a feminist critique of the harmful and helpful aspects of faith traditions in relation to the experience of interpersonal trauma and the need to make space for discussions of religion in social work.
- Episode 45 - Dr. Sharon Bowland
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Episode 43 - Dr. Sharon Bowland: I Believe, But Will It Help?: Spirituality and Recovery from Interpersonal Trauma (part 1 of 2)
Interviewer: Elaine Rinfrette, PhD, LCSW-R
Monday, April 05, 2010, 9:46:45 AM
Dr. Sharon Bowland discusses a spiritually-based, psycho-social intervention for older women survivors of interpersonal trauma. In this first of two episodes, Dr. Bowland describes the intervention and reports on the positive mental health and spiritual well-being outcomes.
- Episode 43 - Dr. Sharon Bowland
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Episode 35 - Dr. Elizabeth Tracy: Social Networks, Trauma, Substance Abuse, and Dual Disorders Among Women
Interviewer: Charles Syms, MSW
Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:20:43 AM
In this podcast, Dr. Elizabeth Tracy traces the significance of social networks in social work practice, describes the types of social network interventions used by social workers, and discusses her research concerning social networks and the role of trauma and violence among women presenting with substance abuse or dual disorders.
- Episode 35 - Dr. Elizabeth Tracy
Episode 33 - Dr. Caitlin Ryan: Reducing Risk and Promoting Well-Being for LGBT Youth: The Critical Role of Family Support
Interviewer: Diane Elze, PhD, MSSA
Monday, November 16, 2009, 10:01:40 AM
Dr. Caitlin Ryan discusses her work on the Family Acceptance Project, the first major study of LGBT youth and their families. Findings from the project will be used to develop training and assessment materials for human service providers working with LGBT youth and families and to develop a new model for family-related care to improve health and mental health outcomes for all LGBT adolescents.
- Episode 33 - Dr. Caitlin Ryan
Episode 32 - Dr. Harold Kudler: Helping Veterans and Their Families Succeed: Current Research and Practice Guidelines in Management of Traumatic Stress
Interviewer: Barbara Rittner, PhD, MSW
Monday, November 02, 2009, 9:44:58 AM
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Harold Kudler discusses his most recent work with veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. In an approachable manner, he relates his current research findings and project work to the current literature and emerging debates in the study of Traumatic Stress. He advocates moving beyond the narrow lens of PTSD in conceptualizing our thinking about Traumatic Stress, and gives practical suggestions about developing a community response for returning veterans and their families.
- Episode 32 - Dr. Harold Kudler
Episode 31 - Dr. Nancy Kelley-Gillespie and Dr. Karen Rolf: Too Old To Care?: Older Adult Caregivers and Their Children with Disabilities
Interviewer: Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
Monday, October 19, 2009, 10:22:14 AM
Rising life expectancy over the last two decades has resulted in increases in the number of aging parents caring for adult children with disabilities later in life. Drs. Kelley-Gillespie and Rolf discuss their work to understand the needs of these families toward quality of life improvement, better services, and more informed choices for caregivers.
- Episode 31 - Dr. Nancy Kelley-Gillespie and Dr. Karen Rolf
Episode 30 - Dr. Paul Smokowski: Acculturation and Adjustment in Latino Adolescents: How Cultural Risk Factors and Assets Influence Adolescent Mental Health
Interviewer: Adjoa Robinson, PhD, MSW
Monday, October 05, 2009, 12:21:44 PM
In this podcast, Dr. Paul Smokowski describes his current research exploring the protective and risk factors involved for Latino youth as they attempt to integrate into United States culture. Discover what he learned about the "Critical Aspects of Acculturation" for this fast-growing population.
- Episode 30 - Dr. Paul Smokowski
Episode 29 - Dr. David Biegel: Facilitators and Barriers to Supported Employment for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders
Interviewer: Savra Frounfelker, MSW
Monday, September 21, 2009, 8:57:47 AM
In this episode, Dr. David Biegel discusses his latest research examining facilitators and barriers to employment for individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders, and implications for agency practices.
- Episode 29 - Dr. David Biegel
Episode 28 - Dr. Elaine Maccio: Helping Survivors of Katrina - An Evaluation
Interviewer: Lisa Butler, PhD
Monday, September 07, 2009, 10:13:17 AM
In this episode, Dr. Elaine Maccio discusses an evaluation of an initiative designed to address the mental health needs of hurricane Katrina survivors.
- Episode 28 - Dr. Elaine Maccio
Episode 27 - Dr. Charles Figley: Veterans and PTSD: Time for a New Paradigm?
Interviewer: Nancy Smyth, PhD, MSW
Monday, August 24, 2009, 12:54:35 PM
In the one-year anniversary episode of our series, Dr. Charles Figley discusses the mental health and support needs of veterans and their families. Dr. Figley calls for a change in the way we conceptualize the deleterious psychological effects of combat on soldiers, from stress disorder to stress injury.
- Episode 27 - Dr. Charles Figley
Episode 23 - Bruce Nisbet, LMSW: Empowerment and Recovery: The Impact of George W. Bush's "President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health"
Interviewer: Catherine Dulmus, PhD, MSW
Monday, June 29, 2009, 2:16:08 PM
In this episode, Bruce Nisbet talks about how the "President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health" transformed service delivery for individuals with severe mental illness in New York and across the United States.
- Episode 23 - Bruce Nisbet, LMSW
Episode 22 - Dr. Lori Wiener: Children with HIV/AIDS: Issues Of Survival, Disclosure, and Transition
Interviewer: Robert Keefe, PhD, MSSA
Monday, June 15, 2009, 9:40:04 AM
In this podcast, Dr. Lori Wiener discusses her decades of work bridging clinical experience with research methodology to address the needs of children with HIV/AIDS and their families. Dr. Wiener offers guidance to helping professionals and families with regard to current challenges associated with survival and transition to adult care, diagnosis disclosure, child and parental adjustment, and child and parental survival.
- Episode 22 - Dr. Lori Wiener
Episode 19 - Dr. Michael Hogan: The "President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health": Promise, Progress, and Challenge
Interviewer: Catherine Dulmus, PhD, MSW
Monday, May 04, 2009, 10:51:22 AM
Dr. Hogan discusses his work on the Bush Administration's President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, which he chaired from 2002-2003. He discusses how the work of the Commission focused research and service efforts in mental health on promoting recovery, resilience, and transformation in the lives of individuals with mental illness, and what he sees as the ongoing challenges of the work.
- Episode 19 - Dr. Michael Hogan
Episode 17 - Dr. Sandra Lane: Structural Violence and Disparities in Health
Interviewer: Bernadette Hoppe, JD, MPH, MA
Monday, April 06, 2009, 10:45:20 AM
In this podcast, Dr. Sandra Lane discusses how policy and environment promote disparities in health among people of color.
- Episode 17 - Dr. Sandra Lane
Episode 15 - Kathryn Kendall, LCSW: Promoting Mental Health in the Wake of Disaster
Interviewer: Susan Green, LCSW
Monday, March 09, 2009, 2:19:01 PM
This episode features a discussion on mental health in the wake of natural, technological, and man-made disasters. Kathryn Kendall articulates the stages of disaster and mental health-promoting responses to individual and community trauma.
- Episode 15 - Kathryn Kendall, LCSW
Episode 10 - Dr. Sandra Bloom: The Sanctuary Model: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Treatment and Services
Interviewer: Susan Green, LCSW
Monday, December 29, 2008, 11:27:32 AM
Sandra L. Bloom, M.D., co-creator of the Sanctuary Model, discusses a trauma-informed approach to treatment and systems change. Dr. Bloom describes the paradigm shift needed to understand the psychobiology of trauma and its impact on recovery from mental illness.
- Episode 10 - Dr. Sandra Bloom
Episode 8 - Dr. Deborah Waldrop: End-of-Life Care for Our Nation's Elderly - In Their Own Words (part 3 of 3)
Monday, December 01, 2008, 1:48:30 PM
This is the third of three episodes in which Dr. Waldrop discusses her research on end-of-life care decision-making begun in 2007. In this episode, Dr Waldrop gives us a status report on the progress she's made in her research on end of life care decision-making and what she has learned thus far, sharing with us participant experiences in their own words.
- Episode 8 - Dr. Deborah Waldrop
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Episode 7 - Dr. Deborah Waldrop: End-of-Life Care for Our Nation's Elderly - Methods and Challenges (part 2 of 3)
Monday, November 17, 2008, 12:11:34 PM
This is the second of three episodes in which Dr. Waldrop discusses her research on end-of-life care decision-making begun in 2007. In this episode, Dr. Waldrop explains her research aims and methodology and some of the challenges to conducting this type of research.
- Episode 7 - Dr. Deborah Waldrop
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Episode 3 - Dr. Robert Keefe: Childhood Lead Poisoning and Repeat Teen Pregnancy
Monday, September 22, 2008, 11:43:11 AM
Adolescents who become pregnant as teens are likely to become pregnant again before their teen years are over. This episode features Dr. Robert Keefe, Professor at the UB School of Social Work, discussing his preliminary research on childhood lead poisoning and repeat teen pregnancy.
- Episode 3 - Dr. Robert Keefe
Episode 2 - Dr. Deborah Waldrop: End-of-Life Care for Our Nation's Elderly - History of Hospice Care (part 1 of 3)
Monday, September 08, 2008, 11:08:35 AM
This is this first of three episodes in which Dr. Waldrop discusses her research on end-of-life care decision-making begun in 2007. In this episode, Dr. Waldrop explains the personal nature of studying end-of-life care and answers the questions, "What is hospice care?" and "What is its history?"
- Episode 2 - Dr. Deborah Waldrop
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